Question 89: Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

Official answers (any one counts)

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• First Secretary of the Treasury
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• One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
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• Helped establish the First Bank of the United States
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• Aide to General George Washington
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• Member of the Continental Congress
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Grandpa explains

He organized the new country's money and helped start its first bank, kiddo.

Careful: these are NOT the answer

These are the common mix-ups. The app uses them as traps so you practice.

• First president of the country
• Third president of the country
• Wrote the Declaration

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